Akhal Teke

Stallions:- RE Tulip Drift

Mares:- None Currently

BREED STANDARD:Head: Light, dry with wide lean lower jaw, with a straight profile or with convex forehead. Has a prolonged facial part with big eyes with a special slanting shape (slant-eyed) and overhanging superciliary arches. Has thin, mobile, high-set up ears, thin lips and nostrils and long wide poll. The head is set on the neck at an acute angle.

Neck: Is high set, long, can be straight or S-arched, round in cross-section and flexible.

Withers: Are high, long and well-muscled

Shoulder: Is long, slant set with well-developed muscles

Upper Arm: Has a normal slope and well-muscled

Chest: Is deep, wider behind shoulders, oval form with long false ribs

Back and Loins: Are even, relatively wide, may be with some insignificant lengthiness

Croup: Has normal slope, sometimes a bit slopping, wide, long and with strong muscles lowering well down to gaskin

Tail: Is low and deep set, often practically hair-less at the dock.

Legs: Are lean, long with well-developed joints and firm, well-shown tendons, small strongly built hooves. The legs stand parallel to each other, feathers are absent or very insignificantly present

Muscles: Are flat, dense with long fibers

Coat: Is thin, silky, light mane and tail, forelock and feathers are absent or insignificantly present

Movements: Can be spacey, flexible, elastic, with good impulse, comfortable for rider at all gates, strong, flexible jump at the flat trajectory and good style

Colors: Has a wide variety of colors from black to cream, often with typical metallic shine - golden and silver. Expressed markings/spots could be met, similar to tobiano.